writings from Nathan Wesley Smith
You don’t have to be on the highway very long before you encounter a person who is asking for some help on the side of the road. It can be a person holding a sign asking for money at an intersection or it can be a guy with a backpack and his thumb out trying to get a ride. Everyone …
Anticipation is a curious thing. It has so many values in so many places in society. You can make a lot of money if you can anticipate what certain markets or trends are going to do. You can be very successful in athletics if you can rightly anticipate what the other player is going to do and position yourself to …
We all want to see the miraculous. All of us need miracles in our lives in one area or another. I have had the privilege of experiencing and beholding many miracles both in my personal life and in the lives of others. Some of the greatest miracles that happen in this life are in the realm of the human will …
Yes, you were probably right. Or, you know you were wrong and would rather not admit it? The other possibility is that you just didn’t know what to say, so you said nothing for a very long time. Regardless a relationship that once was, is not anymore and you still think about it from time to time. If you don’t …
I just returned home from a trip my wife and I took with our 13 year old daughter, Ella. To celebrate her 13th birthday and this new season of life we took a couple of days to walk the streets of New York City. We took in the sights, sounds, smells and everything else that goes with a visit to …
Over the past month there has been much ‘talk’ about Disney’s new rendition of the classic story ‘Beauty & the Beast’. Due to some of the promotion of the film and the way the director described some of the scenes and objectives of his version, many in the Christian community have had concerns. I am all for concern. I believe …